News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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• An April 13 story (“Teacher serves as principal…” page 15) erroneously referred to “the dismissal of Administrator Buzzy Castonguay” at Sonrise Christian School. Castonguay left the school because, partly at his suggestion, the board eliminated his position as a budget-cutting measure. • Last week’s article about Jim Anderson’s presentation on passenger pigeons should have read, “It would be interesting to search in Cuba for any remaining Ivory-billed Woodpeckers (not passenger pigeons) that may have survived.” The wood... Full story
Sisters firefighters will burn a house in Sisters on Saturday, April 23, in a “Burn to Learn” exercise, according to Dave Wheeler, fire marshal for the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District. The house is located at the intersection of Main Avenue and Fir Street just west of the Bank of the Cascades. The burn will start at 9 a.m. with firefighters remaining on the scene until the fire isextinguished. “We want Sisters residents to be aware of the burn because of its closeness to the residential and commercial areas and becau... Full story
Sisters scholars had chimps in the classroom last week. Well... at least four nice large pictures of the chimpanzees that live at Tumalo’s Chimps, Inc., sanctuary. Sanctuary volunteer Dan Abbot brought them with him to the COCC Lunch and Learn session at Sisters Episcopal Church of theTransfiguration. The sanctuary provides a comfortable home for Topo, an alpha male in his 30s, Patti, a 22-year-old female, Herbie, a 19-year-old male, and Kimie, a 16-year-old female. In c... Full story
The long trip to Eagle Point for the annual Crater Rotary Classic Track and Field Invitational was worth it for the Sisters boys and girls teams as a number of individuals recorded season’s bests in the highly competitive meet. Sisters joined a total of 22 3A and 4A teams for the meet that produced some of the state’s best marks of the year. Jenny Boswell came up with the only first-place medal for the Outlaws, in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles (47.05), and she snagged second in the 100-meter hurdles (16.15), but a num... Full story
The Lady Outlaws took a bruising 8-1 loss to Cascade on Monday, April 11, and then suffered a 15-4 drubbing at the hands of the Stayton Eagles just one day later. Sammy Stoneback pitched the first five innings in Monday’s game against Cascade. Michaela Bennett pitched scoreless sixth and seventh innings to close the game. Sisters’ lone run came in the first inning. Becky Bremer hit a straightaway double to center field and Cortney Peters followed with a base hit to knock her... Full story
Sisters knows it’s spring when the annual Small Farmer’s Journal Auction and Swap Meet rolls into town. Held April 22-24, at the Sisters Rodeo grounds on Highway 20 four miles east of town. The event promises to be as big as and likely even better than last year. Small Farmer’s Journal is a magazine, published in Sisters by Lynn Miller and his staff. It celebrates farming done the old way, using horses or mules. The auction is the main event of the year for the SFJ, and pulls the magazine’s far-flung family of subscri... Full story
The auditorium at Sisters High School rang with some of the best young voices in Central Oregon performing in a vocal festival on Tuesday, April 12. Seven Central Oregon schools participated in the event including Burns, Madras, Bend, Summit, Mt. View, Crook County and Sisters. The annual event rotates to different schools each year. Choir director Tara MacSween said, “This year it was fun for us to share our nice new auditorium.” The event always happens toward the end of the school year when groups have had a chance to per... Full story
The Lady Outlaws golf team is tearing up the links. The girls won their Capital Conference match on Tuesday, April 5 and also claimed top honors at the District Preview in Molalla just two days later. Tuesday’s match at Mallard Creek in Sweet Home went forward in cool, windy, rainy weather but the conditions didn’t deter Sisters, which finished first with a team score of 385. Molalla was runner up with 412 and Sweet Home was third at 421. Cascade and Stayton both had inc... Full story
Sisters citizens will get a first look at plans for their new City Hall on April 25. City council members will be presenting a proposed exterior design for Sisters’ new city hall building to the public from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the current City Hall. The purpose of the meeting is to get public comment on the design. Last Friday, City Manager Eileen Stein received elevation drawings of the new facility from the architect, Scott Steele. On Thursday, April 21, city council members,... Full story
